I had sort of a similar experience with BLM on the Sylph server. I wound up leveling BLM right after ToAU came out and doing so mostly soloing from 60ish to 75 because the demand for BLM at that stage of the game was much like DRG had been. And I loathed BLM but I remember being pushed to level it because I really wanted an Optical Hat at the time, and everyone pretty much rolled their eyes when another melee wanted to tag along. Little did I realize that leveling BLM (even with utterly no emphasis on improving my mediocre nuking gear) would trap me into that job for so much stuff that I would much rather have played DRG for. One of my standout memories was a Dynamis-Beaucedine run that had been parsed prior to my finishing my relic weapon where I was dealing damage as DRG on par with a Spharai MNK in our group. That conversation was kind of funny.
Her: I always thought DRG really sucked. Your dmg is just a sliver beneath mine.
Me: Are you factoring in my wyvern's damage too?
Her: -.- You're doing more then.
Suffice it to say, when the level cap went up, the only job that went along with it was DRG.
And somewhat sadly, I no longer have the time or patience to dump a lot of time into stuff like endgame or gear upgrades so I'm much more focused on RP this go-round. I've also found a lot of love for WHM. I liked XI DRG a lot more than XIV DRG but maybe that will change in ARR - I don't know.
I'm sorry I didn't mean to derail your welcome thread. And I saw the other thread you posted about character backhistory and everything looks great! I, for one, am very much looking forward to meeting your character in-game in a few months.
EDIT: Also Elvaan DRG. /high5
Her: I always thought DRG really sucked. Your dmg is just a sliver beneath mine.
Me: Are you factoring in my wyvern's damage too?
Her: -.- You're doing more then.
Suffice it to say, when the level cap went up, the only job that went along with it was DRG.
And somewhat sadly, I no longer have the time or patience to dump a lot of time into stuff like endgame or gear upgrades so I'm much more focused on RP this go-round. I've also found a lot of love for WHM. I liked XI DRG a lot more than XIV DRG but maybe that will change in ARR - I don't know.
I'm sorry I didn't mean to derail your welcome thread. And I saw the other thread you posted about character backhistory and everything looks great! I, for one, am very much looking forward to meeting your character in-game in a few months.
EDIT: Also Elvaan DRG. /high5
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